Shot-concentrator



(No Model.)

H. E. WINANS &u G. N.'WOODEN.

A SHOT GO-NCBNTRATOR. No. 336.680. Patented Peb. 23, 1886.

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HENRY E. W'INANS AND GEOBGN. XVOODEN, OF NEVVARK, NE\V JERSEY.

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SHOT-CONCENTRATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,680, dated February23, 1886.

Application filed June 20, 1885. Serial No. lfiflflsl. (1\'0 model) T 0all whom it may concrn:

Be it known that we, HENRY E. TINANS and GEORGE N. WOODEN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvenents in Shot-Concentrators; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,` and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawiugs, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices used to regulate thetlight of the load of shot from a Cartridge, and is designed to causethe shot to be more accurately projected `froni the gun and prevent thesame from either massing together or scatteriug widely, the improveddevice allowing the shot to spread with regularity fron the time theload leaves the gun until it reaches a point (usually about thirtyyards) where it is no longer needed. I

The iuvcntion consists in the device for regulating the flight of theshot, substantially as illustrated in the drawings, and described andclaimed hereinafter.

ln the drawings, Figure l'is aside el-evation of a shot-Cartridge. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section of a shot-cartridge With our improved shotconcentrator or regulator arranged therein. Fig. 3 is an end elevationof the same; and Figs. et and 5 are a longitudinal section and sideelevation, respectivcly, ot' the concentrator illustrated in Fig. 3.

Similar reference -letters indicate correspoudiug parts in each of theviews above descrbed.

In the drawings, a is the cartridge-shell, I the powder-receptacle, cthe shot-chanber, Near the open end of the cartridge shell in theshotchamber is the concentrator, which consists of an outer shell, e,made of any suitable ma-` terial, pasteboard being preferable, havingone end, e', cut or scalloped, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. NVithinthe shell e is arranged another shelhf, shorter than the outer shell,and made preferably of tiu. Across the face of the shell f are arrangedfour wires, g g', which cross each other at right angles,

two, g, crossing in one direction, and two, i

in another, leaving openings between of about the same area. The wirescross the face ot' the shellf and extend in between the same and theshell e, as indicated in Fig. 5, by which arrangement they are held inplace.

The object of notching or scallopingone end of the casing or shell e isto permit it to spread by the force of the explosion when the loadstarts and hug the btrrel, thereby insuring certainty of flight. i,

The peculiar arrangenent and the number of wires employed give thegreatest effectiveness to the fiight ot' the shot, allowing them toescape at the proper moment and in sufficient number.

Having' described our invention, we desire to claim the following:

1. A shot-concentrating device eonsisting of an outer casing having oneend notched or scalloped, an inner shell arranged within said outercasing, and wires arranged across one end of the inner shell, andextending in between the said inner shell and the outer casing, saiddevice being adapted to be arranged in a shot-cartridge, for the purposeset forth.

2. A shot-concentrating device consisting of an outer casing having oneend scalloped, an inner shell arranged within said outer casing, andfour wiresarranged across the face of said inner shell, dividing theopening therein into spaces of app roximatel y the same area, the endsof said wires extending in between the outer and inner casing, saidconceutrating device being adapted-to be arranged in a shotcartridge,for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination with a shot-Cartridge, of a shot-conccntrating devicecousisting ofan outer casing having one end scalloped, an in ner shellarranged within said outer casing, and four wires arranged across theface of said inner shell, dividing the opening therein into spaces ofapproximately the same area, the ends of said wires extending in betweenthe outer and inner shells, substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testinony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 9th day of Juno, 1885.

HENRY E. WINANS. GEORGE N. WOODEN.

XVitnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE,

OSCAB A. MICHEL.

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